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Isadore Fred Freiberger was born on December 12, 1879, in New York City to Esther and Samuel Freiberger. He moved to Cleveland,
Ohio, with his family when he was 3 years old. Freiberger attended Central High School, then worked his way through Adelbert
College (Western Reserve University), graduating in 1901. After his marriage to Fannie Fertel in 1903, Freiberger began his
60+ year career at Cleveland Trust Company as a clerk, where he was eventually promoted to Board Chair in 1941. Freiberger
served as director of Forest City Publishing Company, which published the Plain Dealer and Cleveland News, as well as nine other businesses. He also served in leadership positions at the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland
Marshall School of Law, the Great Lakes Exposition, the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, Mt. Sinai Hospital, the
Playhouse Foundation, and Western Reserve University. Recognition of service included the Adelbert College Distinguished Alumni
Award, the American Heart Association Award of Merit for Distinguished Service, the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce Medal for
Public Service, the Jewish Community Federation's Charles Eisenman Award, and the Western Reserve University Honorary Doctorate
of Humanities. Freiberger died on April 28, 1969, in Cleveland at age 89. The Isadore Fred Freiberger Papers consists
of architectural notes, articles, awards, biographical information, certificates, correspondence, a deed, letters, magazines,
memorial resolutions, newspaper clippings, obituaries, photo albums, photographs, programs, recognitions, records, reports,
scrapbooks, and speech texts.
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